Two NJ Jazz Musicians Will Play with The Jazz Ambassadors in Morristown

Originally published in Jersey Jazz Magazine. Reprinted by permission of the New Jersey Jazz Society.

Pianist Anthony Pocetti (shown above) grew up in Hamilton, NJ, studying piano, “doing sort of traditional piano lessons. I have an uncle who was always encouraging me to get into the jazz thing. He gave me the (Miles Davis) Kind of Blue CD, and he knew that the jazz pianist Jim Ridl was living in Hamilton.”

During his freshman year at Steinert High School, Pocetti began taking lessons from Ridl, who remembers him as “one of the most talented students I’ve ever taught. It’s been wonderful to watch and hear him evolve and become an excellent jazz pianist.”

Trombonist Dave Mosko (shown below), from Marlton, NJ,…